Tag: Our Planet

 Located near the town of Vers-Pont-du-Gard in southern France, Pont du Gard is an aqueduct bridge which is one of the most famous structures build by the ancient Romans. It was constructed around two...

 With a structural height of 343 m, Millau Viaduct is famous as the tallest bridge in the world. It is also renowned for its design, which was considered impossible to construct on its inception,...

 Dolly the sheep is famous as the first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell. When her existence was announced to the public it created a sensation around the world and Dolly was...

 With a height of 108m and width of 1078m, Victoria Falls is the largest waterfall in the world. It lies on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe on the Zambezi River. Here are 10...

 The Rialto Bridge has a long history and it has seen various stages of development of Venice. Here are 10 interesting facts about this magnificent and popular bridge.  #1 It is the oldest bridge across...

 Here is a comparison of the deadly snakes: Inland Taipan and Black Mamba. Vote for the one whom you consider the deadliest snake in the worldInland Taipan Black MambaLength1.8m on average but some are as...

 Santino is a male chimpanzee held at Furuvik zoo in Sweden. He may be the first animal to exhibit an ability to plan for the future; a behaviour many scientists argue is unique to...

  Belonging to the corytophanid family, common basilisk lizard is found aplenty in the rainforests of Central America, from southern Mexico to Panama. Basilisk, as all Harry Potter fans know, is a snake in Greek...

 Various theories have been proposed on the formation of the moon but none explains all the points precisely. The Giant Impact Hypothesis is the currently favoured theory on how the moon was formed. It...

 The expression "dead as a Dodo" means unquestionably dead or obsolete. It is so used because Dodo is a well-known icon of extinction. Dodo was a flightless bird that was endemic to the island...